There’s a good chance you’ve had these songs all wrong from the start. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the best examples of songs that sound upbeat even though they contain sadder lyrics or context. Our countdown of happy-sounding songs that are actually depressing includes “Waterfalls”, “Blinding Lights”, “Big Yellow Taxi”, “Paper Planes”, “Mr. Brightside”, and more! Did we forget another case of a peppy song with a sad meaning? Let us know in the comments below.
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Did we forget another case of a peppy song with a sad meaning? Let us know in the comments below.
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[ ] Wind Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet
[ ] Tengai Shinsei
[ ] Banshō Ten'in
[ ] Shinra Tensei
[ ] Chibaku Tensei
[ ] Hinokagutsuchi
[ ] Fierce Attack Wind Sphere
[ ] Amenomihashira
[ ] Wind Release: Rasenshuriken
[ ] Wind Release: Rasengan
[ ] Wood Release: Nativity of Trees
[ ] Wood Release: Wood Fetters Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Smothering Binding Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Circular Pillar Prison Technique
[ ] Shadow Clone Technique
[ ] Multiple Shadow Clone Technique
[ ] Multiple Wood Release Clone Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall
[ ] Wood Clone Technique
[ ] Sage Art: Wood Release: Ground Pulse
[ ] Sage Art: Wood Release: Wood Dragon Dance Performance
[ ] Wood Release: Nativity of a Sea of Trees
[ ] Wood Release: Foo Dog Heads
[ ] Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Four-Pillar Prison Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Tree Bind Flourishing Burial
[ ] Wood Release: Adamantine Beckoning Tree
[ ] Wood Release: Adamantine Fist
[ ] Wood Release: World of Trees Wall
[ ] Wood Release: Wood Spikes Ring
[ ] Wood Release: Firmament Splinter
[ ] Wood Release: Cutting Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Great Spear Tree
[ ] Wood Release: Wooden Spear Heavenly Tear
[ ] Wood Release: Great Forest Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Great Forest Crumbling
[ ] Wood Release: Great Tree Roaring Nativity
[ ] Wood Release: Great Tree Crumbling Attack
[ ] Wood Release: Hotei Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Hōbi Technique
[ ] Hokage-Style Sixty-Year-Old Technique — Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands
[ ] Wood Release: Wood Human Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees
[ ] Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees
[ ] Water Release: Hard Whirlpool Water Blade
[ ] Water Release: Water Lock Technique
[ ] Water Release: Water Severing Wave
[ ] Water Release: Water Colliding Wave
[ ] Water Release: Water Fang Bullet
[ ] Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique
[ ] Water Release: Water Dragon Biting Explosion
[ ] Destructive Shock
[ ] Chibaku Tensei: Heavenly Fall
[ ] Chibaku Tensei: Kirin Twin Birth
[ ] Fire Release: Big Flame Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Flame Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction
[ ] Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson
[ ] Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Extinguishing Curtain Field
[ ] Fire Release: Flame Attack
[ ] Fire Release: Blazing Meteors
[ ] Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation: Dust
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation: Heaven
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation: Earth
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique — Revolving Flame
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Great Flame Rasengan
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: Falling Fire
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: Onibi
[ ] Fire Release: Hurricane Oil Flame Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Two-Headed Dragon Fire: Heaven
[ ] Fire Release: Wind Release: Blazing Wind Wild Wave
[ ] Five Release Great Combo Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Soaring Flame Bullet Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Roaring Flame Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Formation Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Hiding in Ash and Dust Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Flame Wrapping Sickle Dance
[ ] Susanoo: Great Fireball Technique
[ ] Susanoo: Twin Gods Lightning Advent
[ ] Susanoo: Lightning Flame Flash
[ ] Scorch Release: Halo Hurricane Jet Black Arrow Style Zero
[ ] Takemikazuchi
[ ] Chidori: Star Crusher
[ ] Wind Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet
[ ] Tengai Shinsei
[ ] Banshō Ten'in
[ ] Shinra Tensei
[ ] Chibaku Tensei
[ ] Hinokagutsuchi
[ ] Fierce Attack Wind Sphere
[ ] Amenomihashira
[ ] Wind Release: Rasenshuriken
[ ] Wind Release: Rasengan
[ ] Wood Release: Nativity of Trees
[ ] Wood Release: Wood Fetters Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Smothering Binding Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Circular Pillar Prison Technique
[ ] Shadow Clone Technique
[ ] Multiple Shadow Clone Technique
[ ] Multiple Wood Release Clone Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall
[ ] Wood Clone Technique
[ ] Sage Art: Wood Release: Ground Pulse
[ ] Sage Art: Wood Release: Wood Dragon Dance Performance
[ ] Wood Release: Nativity of a Sea of Trees
[ ] Wood Release: Foo Dog Heads
[ ] Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Four-Pillar Prison Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Tree Bind Flourishing Burial
[ ] Wood Release: Adamantine Beckoning Tree
[ ] Wood Release: Adamantine Fist
[ ] Wood Release: World of Trees Wall
[ ] Wood Release: Wood Spikes Ring
[ ] Wood Release: Firmament Splinter
[ ] Wood Release: Cutting Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Great Spear Tree
[ ] Wood Release: Wooden Spear Heavenly Tear
[ ] Wood Release: Great Forest Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Great Forest Crumbling
[ ] Wood Release: Great Tree Roaring Nativity
[ ] Wood Release: Great Tree Crumbling Attack
[ ] Wood Release: Hotei Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Hōbi Technique
[ ] Hokage-Style Sixty-Year-Old Technique — Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands
[ ] Wood Release: Wood Human Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique
[ ] Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees
[ ] Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees
[ ] Water Release: Hard Whirlpool Water Blade
[ ] Water Release: Water Lock Technique
[ ] Water Release: Water Severing Wave
[ ] Water Release: Water Colliding Wave
[ ] Water Release: Water Fang Bullet
[ ] Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique
[ ] Water Release: Water Dragon Biting Explosion
[ ] Destructive Shock
[ ] Chibaku Tensei: Heavenly Fall
[ ] Chibaku Tensei: Kirin Twin Birth
[ ] Fire Release: Big Flame Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Flame Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction
[ ] Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson
[ ] Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Extinguishing Curtain Field
[ ] Fire Release: Flame Attack
[ ] Fire Release: Blazing Meteors
[ ] Fire Release: Ash Pile Burning
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation: Dust
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation: Heaven
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation: Earth
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique — Revolving Flame
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Great Flame Rasengan
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: Falling Fire
[ ] Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: Onibi
[ ] Fire Release: Hurricane Oil Flame Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet
[ ] Fire Release: Two-Headed Dragon Fire: Heaven
[ ] Fire Release: Wind Release: Blazing Wind Wild Wave
[ ] Five Release Great Combo Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Soaring Flame Bullet Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Roaring Flame Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Formation Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Hiding in Ash and Dust Technique
[ ] Fire Release: Flame Wrapping Sickle Dance
[ ] Susanoo: Great Fireball Technique
[ ] Susanoo: Twin Gods Lightning Advent
[ ] Susanoo: Lightning Flame Flash
[ ] Scorch Release: Halo Hurricane Jet Black Arrow Style Zero
[ ] Takemikazuchi
[ ] Chidori: Star Crusher
Stromae – Papaoutai
Bullet is GENIUS
Honourable mentions:
"Khe Sanh" by Cold Chisel – The tale of a soldier returning from the Vietnam War and deals with addictions and identity crises
"Who Can It Be Now?" by Men at Work – the singer's struggles with his apartment being mistaken for a drug den, and having to avoid junkies at all hours.
The weekend 😂
Not sure who, but there is a cover of dancing on my own by i think a male X-factor contestant (forgot his name) that makes the somehow even sadder
Chasing waterfalls evokes when a cat is in a bathroom or kitchen sink and tries to follow the water into the drain.
True Faith New Order
NF – Happy
Big In Japan by Alphaville. A dancing synthpop anthem with japanese motifs but lyrics about doing heroin in Berlin in the late 70's
You forgot Stagger Lee by Lloyd Price
Little Talks is about the widow/woman in the song getting over her grief of losing her husband/the man. She’s saying goodbye because she’s coming out of mourning officially letting go…he wants her to move on, but at the same time he’s not ready for it to be over
Right in the feels
Drops of Jupiter is about his mother's *death*. And who the hell thought Waterfalls was happy?
This list is more "I just actually listened to the lyrics for the first time ever and holy shit!"
Vanessa Carlton, "White Houses"?
Who put this list togehter? It's terrible.
Regarding Tears for Fears, you can also say the same thing about Head Over Heels.
I knew it; the first 30 entries are new but then when we get to number 20, it’s the same countdown from last time (notice how at that point, the voiceover changes from Rebecca to Phoebe). 🙄
Jessie's Girl, quite a song about lonliness
“The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades” by Timbuk3 is an upbeat song that’s actually about nuclear war and destruction.